Illinois

For the first time since 1998, the secretary of state seat in Illinois will be an open one in the general election.

Illinois voters will be asked in November to decide whether the right of workers to form unions and engage in collective bargaining should be enshrined in the state constitution.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza was reelected to a full four-year term in 2018 and is now seeking another term, this time facing a challenge from McHenry County Auditor Shannon Teresi in the Nov. 8 General Election.

State Senator Meg Loughran Cappel has announced that school districts across the 49th Senate District will receive nearly $206 million in funding to help address the financial challenges of recent years.

Gov. JB Pritzker is considering changes to the SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform to clarify provisions related to the end of cash bail in Illinois, while his Republican challenger, state Sen. Darren Bailey, continues to push for a full repeal.

Stacker compiled a list of books set in Illinois from Goodreads.

John Kettman, of La Salle, created Gov. JB Pritzker's and GOP candidate Darren Bailey's faces on pumpkins. This is not his first time painting politicians on pumpkins, Kettman got attention for his "Trumpkin pumpkin," as well as his Joe Biden pumpkin.

Attorneys for the state of Illinois joined their colleagues in Nevada and Virginia Wednesday in asking a federal appellate court to declare that the Equal Rights Amendment has been legally ratified as the 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Gov. JB Pritzker announced a plan Tuesday to reduce a $1.8 billion Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund deficit by $450 million through an infusion of unemployment-related revenues.

Gov. JB Pritzker called on two Democratic state senators Thursday to resign their seats amid allegations of misconduct.

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit filed by two former Democratic state legislators who sued for back pay they believed they were due for raises that they voted against while in office.

Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs and GOP candidate Tom Demmer spoke about their plans for the office should they win

State Sen. Emil Jones III has been charged in federal court with three criminal counts tied to his dealings with a red light camera company.

The 2022 Illinois State Fair set an all-time attendance record with more than 636,700 visitors.

The amendment also seeks to prohibit any laws that would interfere or diminish the rights of workers to organize.